Aesopus (gastropod)

Aesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Aesopus
Holotype of Aesopus guyanensis (at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Aesopus [ Gould, 1860
Type species
Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Aesopus (Lavesopus) Iredale, 1929· accepted, alternate representation

Species

Species within the genus Aesopus include:

• Aesopus algoensis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
• Aesopus aliciae Marincovich, 1973
• Aesopus arestus Dall, 1919
• Aesopus australis (Angas, 1877)
• Aesopus benitoensis deMaintenon, 2019
• Aesopus cassandra (Hedley, 1904)
• Aesopus chrysalloideus (Carpenter, 1866)
• Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
• Aesopus cumingii (Reeve, 1859)
• Aesopus eurytoides (Carpenter, 1864)
• Aesopus fredbakeri Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
• Aesopus fuscostrigatus (Carpenter, 1864)
• Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001[2]
• Aesopus goforthi Dall, 1912
• Aesopus gracilis Faber, 2004[3]
• Aesopus guyanensis Pelorce, 2017
• Aesopus hilium Hedley, 1908
• Aesopus jaffaensis (Verco, 1910)
• Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860
• Aesopus meta (Thiele, 1925)
• Aesopus multistriatus (Preston, 1905)
• Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916
• Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)[4]
• Aesopus osborni Hertlein & Strong, 1951
• Aesopus pallidulus (Hedley, 1906)
• Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
• Aesopus rotundus Drivas & Jay, 1990
• Aesopus sanctus Dall, 1919
• Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883)[5]
• Aesopus subturritus (Carpenter, 1866)
• Aesopus urania Melvill & Standen, 1901
• Aesopus veneris (Thiele, 1925)

Species brought into synonymy

• Aesopus angustus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Clathranachis angusta (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886)
• Aesopus eurytoideus (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Aesopus eurytoides (Carpenter, 1864)
• Aesopus filosus Angas, 1867: synonym of Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
• Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1858):[6] synonym of Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)
• Aesopus metella (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Decipifus metellus (Thiele, 1925)
• Aesopus spiculus (Duclos in Chenu, 1846):[7] synonym of Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
• Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932: synonym of Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (original combination)

References

1. Aesopus Gould, 1860. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2011.
2. Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
3. Aesopus gracilis Faber, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
4. Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
5. Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
6. Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1858). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
7. Aesopus spiculum (Duclos in Chenu, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.